M.K.D.

SWAROOP,
14221A0388,
B. Tech- III year,
Mechanical Engineering.
Topics of Cryogenic Cars
 Introduction
 History
 Why Nitrogen as a fuel ?
 Liquid Nitrogen (LN2)
 Cryogenic Heat Engine
 Main Components
 Principle of Operation
 Model of Cryogenic car
 Advantages
 Efficiency
 Why not commercialized ?
 Conclusion
Introduction
 The importance of cars in the
present world is increasing day
by day.
 There are various factors that
influence the choice of the car.
 Fuel
 Pollution
 As the prices for fuels are
increasing and the availability
is decreasing
What is cryogenic car ?
 It is a vehicle which uses cryogenic fuel (liquid nitrogen) as
a working fuel.

 Propulsion system is a cryogenic heat engine in which a

cryogenic substance is used as a heat sink.

CRYOGENICS
Cryogenic can be defined as the branch of the physics that deals
with the study of the production of very low temperature and the
behavior of materials at those temperatures
History
 In 1997, the liquid nitrogen powered vehicles was
independently developed by university of North Texas
(UNT) and university of Washington (UW).
 The vehicle(car) was named as LN2000.
Why nitrogen as a fuel ?
 High cost and limited availability of fossil fuel like
petrol and diesel.

 Due to high level of fuel associated with the

combustion of fossil fuels the need of ZEV(Zero
Emission Vehicle) has been generated.

 And the most important is the huge availability of

nitrogen gas (78% of air is nitrogen).
Liquid Nitrogen
 Liquid Nitrogen is the cheapest, widely produced and
most common cryogen.
 It is mass produced in air liquefaction plants.
 The liquefaction process is very simple.
Production of LN2
 Cryogenic Heat Engine
 It is a engine which uses very cold substances to
produce useful energy.
 There is always some heat input to the working fluid
during the expansion process
Main components of engine
Principle of Operation:
Advantages:
Disadvantage:

Probable Solutions:
Why not commercialized ?
• Even though the technology is 17-18 years old, still it
has not come to the market for a reason.

 Lack of funds for research

Conclusion
 These cars can not release any
pollutants to the atmosphere so
these cars eco-friendly.
Thank You